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lost_in_life_34 t1_je9ghld wrote

I’m all for conservation of water and I think the traditional lawn is a waste of money and resources but most water use in California is from the senior rights holding farmers who do zero conservation

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foodtower t1_jeff6j6 wrote

The part that's always left off from sentences saying "most water is used by farmers" is "to grow food"*. Key difference vs lawns, which makes turf a prime target for water use reduction.

*Only applies to farmers actually growing food. I agree that farming animal feed is wasteful.

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lost_in_life_34 t1_jefgkth wrote

And they still don’t bother investing any money into conservation because they have those contracts from the 1800’s

And many crops they grow for human consumption are water intensive and not very nutritious

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